TPACK Activity ISTC 301/501

Your Name: Jake Esposito

Content Area (Consult http://mdk12.org ): 8th Grade Social Studies- United States History

Standard: 5.0 History: Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events;
and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland and the United States.

Objective (choose only one): Explain the political and economic impact of the Louisiana Purchase on the United
States.

Activity Type

Oral Presentation and Role

Playing

Description of the Activity

Oral Presentation:
Students will get into groups of
4 and discuss what the Louisiana
Purchase was and how it
impacted the United States both
politically and economically. The
group will then present their
findings to the class,
highlighting how this event
changed the outlook of the
United States forever.
Role Playing:
The class will split in half; one
half taking the United States and
one half taking the French. The
class will argue why the

Possible Tech Tools

1. Internet for finding maps

and evidence.
2. Promethean Board for
using the maps in an
interactive fashion.
3. PowerPoint to give
background knowledge.
4. Projector to show video
clips of historians talking
about the Purchase.
5. iPads to find interactive
applications to show the
students how the country
looked in 1803.

Purchase makes sense for each

side and even some negative
aspects of the Purchase for the
Americans and the French.